How To Install nast-ier on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nast-ier on Kali Linux.

What is nast-ier

nast-ier is:

The NAST-iEr alignment utility aligns a single raw nucleotide sequence against one or more NAST formatted sequences.

The alignment algorithm involves global dynamic programming profile alignment to fixed (NAST-formatted) multiply aligned template sequences without any end-gap penalty.

NAST-iEr is part of the microbiomeutil suite.

There are three methods to install nast-ier on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nast-ier Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nast-ier using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nast-ier

Install nast-ier Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nast-ier using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nast-ier

Install nast-ier Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nast-ier using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nast-ier

How To Uninstall nast-ier on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nast-ier package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nast-ier

Uninstall nast-ier And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nast-ier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nast-ier

Remove nast-ier Configurations and Data

To remove nast-ier configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nast-ier

Remove nast-ier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nast-ier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nast-ier

Dependencies

nast-ier have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• microbiomeutil-data
• cdbfasta

References

• nast-ier website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nast-ier package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.